Wick-trimmer



(No Model.)

D. L. ANDREWS.

' WIGK TRIMMER.

No. 476,114.. Patented May 31, 1892.

WITNESSES:

A T TOR/VEYJ' UNlTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL L. ANDREWS, OF DENISON, TEXAS.

WlCK-TRIMIVIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,114, dated May 31,1892.

Application filed September 5 1891. $eria1No. 404,819. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL L. ANDREWS, of Denison, in the county ofGrayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improved WickTrimmer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a lamp-wick trimmer withadjustable guides that will afford means to retain the'implement incorrect position for use on lamp-wick tubes of different sizes, andfurthermore to furnish the Wick-trimmer with blades that will shear thewick from each side edge toward the center simultaneously.

To these ends my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an inverted perspective view of the implement. Fig. 2 is aplan view showing the parts adjusted to receive and trim a lamp-wick;and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of parts taken on the line 3 3 inFig. 2 in position on the Wick-tube of a lamp, shown broken away below.

The device is mainly intended to trim the flat wicks of ordinarycoal-oil lamps; and it consists, essentially, of two shear cuttingbladcsand a guiding device. The shearblades A B are furnished with the usualfinger and thumb loops to b, that facilitate manipulation, said' bladesbeing lap-jointed together at the outer ends. The cutting-edges or. b ofthe blades A B are beveled oppositely, so as to cause them to haveshearing contact, and are given an arched form, so that when vibratedthe shear out will be effected from opposite points toward a commoncenter. A trifid guide-plate C is provided, which is pivoted at theterminal of its main stem upon the same rivet or bolt 0, that looselyjoins the shear-blades A B. The guide-plate is held by its pivot free toswing laterally below the shear-blades when these are grasped for use,and each limb of the plate is provided with a depending tubular guide,as shown at e f g, said tubes having different widths to allow each tofit loosely over a lamp-wick tube of different caliber. As the aperturesextending through the guide-tubes c f g are made to correspond withslots in the limbs of the guideplate 0, to which they are affixed, itwill be apparent that any one of the tubes mentioned may he slid over alamp-wick tube it will loosely fit, and thus serve to sustain the bladesA B at right angles to the wick-tube D, so that the lamp-wick E, that isprojected above said tube, may be cleanly out by a vibration of theshear-blades, it being understood that the guide-plate 0 should beproperly adjusted to locate the engaged guide-tube below thecutting-edges of the blades A B, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A wick-trimmer comprising two parallelshear-blades A B, overlapped and pivoted together at their points orouter ends, formed with handles a h at their inner ends and formed withconcave cutting-edges a b between their pivotal point and the handles,substantially as set forth.

2. A wick-trimmer comprising a flat plate provided with a guide-slot toreceive the wick and a pair of blades pivoted upon the plate paralleltherewith and adapted to have their cutting-edges register with the saidslot to cut off the Wick projecting therethrough, substantially as setforth.

3. A wick-trimmer comprising a pair of shears and a plate pivoted to theshears by the pivot thereof and formed with a series of wick-guidingslots converging at their ends nearest the said pivot, substantially asset forth.

4:. In a wick-trimmer, the combination, with a pair of lap-jointed shearcutting-blades pivoted together at their outer ends, of a trifidguide-plate pivoted on the fulcrum of the shear-blades and provided witha depending guide-tube on each limb of the guide-plate, said tubeshaving different widths, substantially as described.

DANIEL L. ANDREVS.

Witnesses:

JAooB G. Evans, JosEPHUs GoBLE.

